Hairpin



C. L. CHRISTOFFERSON.

HAIRPIN- APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 20, 1920.

1,405,815. Patented Feb. 7, 1922."

UNITED STATES CHARLES L. CHRISTOFFERSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HAIRPIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. '7, 1922.

Application filed September 20, 1920. Serial No. 411,421.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. OHRISTOF- rERsoN, a citizen of the United States, residin at Chicago, in the county of Cook and tate of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hairpins, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

This invention relates to hair pins and has for its purpose the provision of a hair pin or comb that can be readily placed in position in the hair and will be securely held therein, and which can as readily be removed therefrom.

It is a further purpose of this invention to provide a hair pin or comb with angular end portions that are adapted to interlock with the hair and which can be readily placed in position and removed from the hair by a sidewise or tilting movement 7 thereof. As it is diflicult to tell which way to move the hair pin or comb when it is in the hair to disengage the same therefrom, it has been found to be very troublesome to use a hair pin with bent over end portions unless the same is provided with some means whereby it can readily be determined from the exposed end portion, in what direction the prongs or bent over ends extend. It is the purpose of this invention to provide suitable means at the exposed portion of the hair pin or comb to indicate the direction of extent of the bent over ends or prongs of the hair engaging end of the same.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a hair pin wherein the free ends thereof are bent at an angle to the pin and the bight portion thereof is bent out of line or offset from the main body portionthereof, to indicate the direction of extent of the bent over ends.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear as the description of the accompanying drawings showing a plurality of forms that my invention may take, proceeds. However, I desire to have it distinctly understood that I do not intend to limit myself to the exact details shownor described, but desire to include as part of my invention all such obvious changes of stru ture as would occur to a P n skilled in this art and as would fall within the scope of the claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one form of hair pin embodied in my invention; Fig. 2 is a face view thereof;

Fig. 3 is an edge view thereof;

Fig. 4 is an end view thereof;

Fig. 5 is an edge view of a slightly modified form of hair pin.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the improved hair pin comprises a pair of slightly diverging portions 6 and 7, joined by a bight portion or connecting portion 8. The leg portion 6 is provided with an end portion 9 extending at an angle preferably a right angle thereto and the leg portion 7 is provided with a similar prong or extension 10. The bight portion 8 is preferably bent or offset from the legs or main body portions 6 and 7 as shown in Fig. 3. The purpose of this is to enable the hair pin to be readily removed from the hair.

When the hair pin is inserted in the hair the angular ends 9 and 10 are in engagement-with the hair and prevent the hair pin from falling out. When it is desired to remove a hair pin of this character the difiiculty is experienced of having the prongs or bent over end portions catch in the hair and thus the removal of the pin is made troublesome and difficult. In order to avoid this difficulty the bight portion 8 is bent as shown in Fig. 3 so as to indicate the direction in which the prongs extend. When this is known as would be the case with a hair pin as is shown in Figs, 1 to 4 inclusive the pin can be removed by moving the hair engaging end portion in a direction opposite to the direction of extent of the prongs.

In Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive the bight por tion 8 is shown as being offset in the same direction as the prongs 9 and 10. However, it is not necessary that both the prongs and the bight portion extend in the same direction and in Fig. 5 the bi ht portion 8 is shown as extending in a irection opposite to that of the prongs. The same principle as has been described above can be applied to a comb or other hair ornament in which the hair en aging portions can have prongs or offset en s to engage the hair and the ex- Posed P r on can provi ed wi h a ofiset portion to indicate the direction that the prongs extend. V

It Will be seen from the above that a hair pin is provided that can be readily inserted in place and which will not fall out of the hair and that at the same time can be readily removed therefrom and Which will hold the hair securely.

Having thus described my invention What I desire to claim* and secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the vcharacter described comprising a pair of legs, the main body portions of which lie in a plane, holding prongs adapted to engage the hair on the ends of said legs, said holding prongs being bent at an abrupt angle to the main body portions of said legs, and a bight portion connecting said legs, said bight portion being deflected at an angle to the plane of 2. A hair pm of the character" described comprising a pair of legs, the main body portions of which liein a common plane, holding prongs adapted to engage the hair on the ends of said legs, said holding prongs. being bent at an abrupt angle to the plane of said body portions, and means to indicate the direction in Which-said prongs extend to e facilitate withdrawal ofsaid prongs from the hair, said means comprising a, bight portion deflected at an abrupt angle tothe plane of said legs so as to form a lateral indie cator projection.

In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 9th d-a-yof September, A. D. 1920.

CHAS. L. CHRISTOFFERSON; 

